Safety Issues and dogs

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

Hi Mac,

Since you work with animals and have the know how...Can one get a rabies
shot prior to traveling?  Or do you have to get it after you've been bitten?

Andrea

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Mac Quart
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:45 PM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Safety Issues and dogs
>
>
> I was actually bitten by a dog on the back of the leg while
> walking into one of
> the major cities (I can't remember the name of the city as I only passed
> through.)  The bite was only enough to barely break the skin and
> tear my pants.
>  I didn't do anything about it but clean it. The dog was with his
> owner and ran
> across a street and bit me, possibly thinking I was a threat to
> the owner.  I
> am not sure about that but then again none of us know what runs
> through the
> mind of an animal.  I have been vaccinated against rabies because
> I work at an
> animal hospital (as I have for about 5 years) so take that into
> account along
> with the fact that I get bitten fairly often.  I still wouldn't
> worry about
> this though.  I am sure that my encounter was not common, but in
> talking to
> people along the way, I heard many accounts of dogs barking and
> growling and
> such.  I didn't have a stick at the time I was bitten but later
> found one along
> the way which I carried with me.  I heard one time that rabies is
> not really a
> threat in Europe.  I don't know if this is true but it might be.
> I would also
> rather carry a stick than worry about a dog being frightened by
> it.  Dogs are
> only afraid of things if they have had prior experience with
> something similar.
> Good luck!  Hope this helps!
>
> Mac
>
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